| The location is Southeastern Europe, bordering the
Adriatic Sea and Croatia.
Coordinates 44 00 N, 18 00 E
Terrain mountains and valleys
Land Currency air pollution from metallurgical plants;
sites for disposing of urban
waste are limited; widespread casualties, water shortages,
and destruction of infrastructure because of the 1992-95 civil strife
Environmental Agreements party to: Air Pollution,
Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test
Ban, Ozone Layer Protection signed, but not ratified: none of the selected
agreements
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The Bosnian conflict began in the spring of 1992 when the government
of Bosnia and Herzegovina held a
agreement on independence and the Bosnian Serbs - supported
by neighboring Serbia—responded
with armed resistance aimed at part of the republic along
ethnic lines and joining Serb-held areas
to form a "greater Serbia." In March 1994, Bosnia's Muslims
and Croats thinned out the number of warring factions from three to two
by signing an agreement in Washington creating their joint
Muslim/Croat Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The
Federation, formed by the Muslims and
Croats in March 1994, is one of two the other being the
Bosnian Serb-led Republic
Srpska that comprise Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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The Climate is hot summers and cold winters;
areas of high elevation have short, cool summers and long,
severe winters; mild, rainy winters along coast. |
The government of Bosnia is very similar to ours, a legislative, judicial,
and executive |
Population 3,365,727 (July 1998 est.)
note: all data dealing with population is subject to considerable
error because of the dislocations
caused by military action and ethnic cleansing |